sports and outdoors

This is a very excellent football game. great graphics, great game play. If you want a different experience though, build up your little team and play on coach mode. Why? Well anyone can throw the ball to Randy Moss and Marvin Harrison 10 times or run the same play's all day. But to see how your players really measure up, just call the play and let them run it (better yet, putthe camera on cinema mode and pretend your watching the game on Sunday). My only complaints are:

1. I franchised the Eagles seasons and got the EXACT same schedule for year 3 that I had for year 2. What's up with that?

2. No career stats, I don't get to see Donovan McNabb break the NFL record for yards and touchdowns?

3. Created players don't copy over into franchise mode. I wanted to be the NFL's all-time leading rusher!

That's it, and those three things are what makes Madden slightly better than NFL 2K1. Other than that, buy it. (but keep a copy of Madden too!)

I didn't know what to expect when I bought NFL2K1. I heard it was good from a lot of people, but wasn't as good as Madden 2001 for the PS2 which I also played. Madden was good and all, but after playing NFL2K1, this game is SWEET! The running game is totally revamped which is good. The ground attack in NFL2K was OK, but it wasn't to easy to get some good yards. Now you can actually get a ten yard run with a dive up the middle. The graphics were toned down a little, but it makes up with the awesome animations. There are over 1000 animations I think that really make you feel like your watching the game on FOX. I can't say anything about the online play because I haven't tried it yet, but I can say something about the Franchise mode. The Franchise mode is great...I can trade players like I traded Barry Sanders who I picked up off of the Free Agents list for Marshal Faulk and he overall rating went down due to my line not making the holes for him. The only thing that [is not good] about Franchise mode is that you can't use created players in it. Other than that, it's one sweet game! Nice job Visual Concepts!

I like this game and have not played Madden much at all.
How to control defensive linemen:
off the snap:
press A and hold with heel of thumb
-press trigger L or R for club
-hold A and a trigger, then lightly tap B for spin
-hold A and a trigger, then tap Y for swim maneuver
-hold A and a trigger, then tap X for rip(I think)